Visual analysis of transactions

ABSTRACT

Technologies and implementations for facilitating visual analysis of transactions utilizing analytics are generally disclosed.

RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a continuation of and claims benefit of priority toPCT Application Number PCT/US14/29476, filed on Mar. 14, 2014, titledVisual Analysis of Transactions, which in turn claims benefit ofpriority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/800,166,filed on Mar. 15, 2013, titled Visual Analysis of Transactions. Both PCTApplication Number PCT/US14/29476 and U.S. Provisional PatentApplication Ser. No. 61/800,166 are incorporated herein by reference intheir entirety.

BACKGROUND

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the approaches described in thissection are not prior art to the claims in this application and are notadmitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section.

Surveillance cameras have become prevalent in the world. Many entitiessuch as businesses employ some form of surveillance camera to keep arecord of transactions. Because of the sheer volume of recordedtransactions, information from the surveillance cameras may notnecessarily be useful.

SUMMARY

Described herein are various illustrative methods for facilitatingvisual analysis of transactions utilizing analytics. Example methods mayinclude receiving video data associated with a first transaction from afirst video device, where the first video device corresponding to afirst location. The example method may also include performing videoanalysis of the first transaction, determining if the video analysisresults in the first transaction is substantially outside apredetermined range, and flagging the first transaction if it isdetermined that the first transaction is substantially outside thepredetermined range. The example method may also include receivingsubsequent video data associated with a second transaction from thefirst video device, performing video analysis of the second transaction,and determining if the second transaction corresponds to the flaggedfirst transaction. The example method may also include transmitting asignal to a second video device to capture the second transaction, thesecond video device corresponding to a second location and the first andsecond video devices coordinated to provide alternative views of thesecond transaction.

The present disclosure also describes various example machine readablenon-transitory medium having stored therein instructions that, whenexecuted by one or more processors, operatively enable a transactionanalytics/analysis module to receive video data associated with a firsttransaction from a first video device, where the first video devicecorresponding to a first location. The example machine readablenon-transitory medium having stored therein instructions that, whenexecuted by one or more processors, also operatively enable atransaction analytics/analysis module to perform video analysis of thefirst transaction, determine if the video analysis results in the firsttransaction is substantially outside a predetermined range, and flag thefirst transaction if it is determined that the first transaction issubstantially outside the predetermined range. The example machinereadable non-transitory medium having stored therein instructions that,when executed by one or more processors, also operatively enable atransaction analytics/analysis module to receive subsequent video dataassociated with a second transaction from the first video device,perform video analysis of the second transaction, and determine if thesecond transaction corresponds to the flagged first transaction. Theexample machine readable non-transitory medium having stored thereininstructions that, when executed by one or more processors, alsooperatively enable a transaction analytics/analysis module to transmit asignal to a second video device to capture the second transaction, thesecond video device corresponding to a second location and the first andsecond video devices coordinated to provide alternative views of thesecond transaction.

The present disclosure additionally describes example systems. Examplesystems may include a first video device, a second video device, aprocessor communicatively coupled to the first and second video devices,and a transaction analytics/analysis module communicatively coupled tothe processor. The transaction analytics/analysis module may beconfigured to receive video data associated with a first transactionfrom the first video device, where the first video device correspondingto a first location. The transaction analytics/analysis module may alsobe configured to perform video analysis of the first transaction,determine if the video analysis results in the first transaction issubstantially outside a predetermined range, and flag the firsttransaction if it is determined that the first transaction issubstantially outside the predetermined range. The transactionanalytics/analysis module may also be configured to receive subsequentvideo data associated with a second transaction from the first videodevice, perform video analysis of the second transaction, and determineif the second transaction corresponds to the flagged first transaction.The transaction analytics/analysis module may also be configured totransmit a signal to the second video device to capture the secondtransaction, the second video device corresponding to a second locationand the first and second video devices coordinated to providealternative views of the second transaction.

The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be inany way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments,and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and featureswill become apparent by reference to the drawings and the followingdetailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Subject matter is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in theconcluding portion of the specification. The foregoing and otherfeatures of the present disclosure will become more fully apparent fromthe following description and appended claims, taken in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict onlyseveral embodiments in accordance with the disclosure and are,therefore, not to be considered limiting of its scope, the disclosurewill be described with additional specificity and detail through use ofthe accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 illustrates an example system for visual analysis oftransactions, in accordance with various embodiments;

FIG. 2 illustrates an interface having transactions along with dataassociated with the transaction as may be viewed and captured by a videodevice;

FIG. 3 illustrates an example interface to facilitate interaction with avideo device;

FIG. 4 illustrates example results of analytics performed on varioustransactions;

FIG. 5 illustrates an example interface to facilitate interaction withsome results of analytics performed on the various transactions;

FIG. 6 illustrates examples of data available from an example interfaceto facilitate interaction with some results of analytics performed onthe various transactions;

FIG. 7 illustrates an operational flow for visual analysis oftransactions;

FIG. 8 illustrates an example computer program product, arranged inaccordance with at least some embodiments described herein; and

FIG. 9 is an illustration of a block diagram of an example computingdevice, all arranged in accordance with at least some embodimentsdescribed herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description sets forth various examples along withspecific details to provide a thorough understanding of claimed subjectmatter. It will be understood by those skilled in the art, however, thatclaimed subject matter may be practiced without some or more of thespecific details disclosed herein. Further, in some circumstances,well-known methods, procedures, systems, components and/or circuits havenot been described in detail in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuringclaimed subject matter.

In the following detailed description, reference is made to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part hereof. In the drawings,similar symbols typically identify similar components, unless contextdictates otherwise. The illustrative embodiments described in thedetailed description, drawings, and claims are not meant to be limiting.Other embodiments may be utilized, and other changes may be made,without departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matterpresented here. It will be readily understood that the aspects of thepresent disclosure, as generally described herein, and illustrated inthe Figures, can be arranged, substituted, combined, and designed in awide variety of different configurations, all of which are explicitlycontemplated and make part of this disclosure.

This disclosure is drawn, inter alia, to methods, apparatus, and systemsrelated to facilitating visual analysis of transactions utilizinganalytics.

Video surveillance has become common, including video surveillance fortransactions involving money. Many transactions may be recorded byvideo. For example, it may be difficult to go shopping without at leastbeing video recorded at a register where monetary transactions may becommon. Even a simple transaction as buying a cup of coffee at a smallcoffee shop may involve being video recorded during the transaction. Ifa coffee shop may have video recordings, one could imagineestablishments, where money is the product such as gamblingestablishments (e.g., casinos) and financial establishments (e.g.,banks), having a multitude of transactions being video recorded on adaily basis. Video recording so many transactions may result in a largevolume of video recordings, and to analyze the large volume of videorecordings may be difficult.

There may be several reasons for video surveillance. At least one reasonfor video recording may be for the benefit of the consumer to helpensure that the transactions occurred appropriately with theestablishment. At least another reason may be for the benefit of theestablishment to help manage losses or inconsistencies in thetransactions. As video technology has become more sophisticated, moreand more video recordings may include digital data. Accordingly, videorecordings may also be commonly referred to video data. However, becauseof the large volume of video data, making use of the video data torealize some of these benefits may be difficult.

Transaction information may be included in the video recording adding tothe large volume of video data. Transaction information may includeinformation regarding the transaction itself. For example, transactioninformation may include information of the nature of the transaction(e.g., the item ordered, the total amount, the amount paid, changegiven, staff, sign in/sign out, etc.).

Various embodiments described herein may be provided for facilitatingvisual analysis of transactions utilizing analytics. Additionally,various embodiments described herein may help facilitate receiving videodata from various transactions involving monetary transactions. Oneexample of a monetary transaction may include a point of sale. A pointof sale may include a wide variety of transaction points, but for thepurposes of a non-limiting example, the point of sale may be a merchantsuch as, but not limited to, a coffee shop. Continuing with example of acoffee shop, the coffee shop may have a number of video devices. Thevideo devices may be capable of transaction recognition, in accordancewith various embodiments.

In various embodiments, it may be determined whether the performedanalytics is substantially within a predetermined range. If theperformed analytics is substantially within a predetermined range, oneor more selectable events may be flagged. The one or more selectableevents may be generated based at least in part on the performedanalytics.

By way of a non-limiting example, an establishment such as, but notlimited to, a coffee shop may have one or more video devices gatheringvideo data associated with the transactions occurring in the coffeeshop. At least one of the video devices may be positioned to recordinformation associated with the monetary transaction (e.g., registers).The video device may record video data along with the information, wherethe information may include information such as, but not limited to, thenature of the transaction (e.g., the item ordered, the total amount, theamount paid, change given, staff, sign in/sign out, etc.). For example,the information may include information regarding voided transactions.In accordance with various embodiments, video data may be included inthe information. The information may be gathered for any length of timegenerating a large volume of information. In order to analyze the largevolume of information, analytics may be performed on the information. Aswill be described in further detail, one or more selectable events maybe generated based at least in part on the performed analytics.Additionally, the one or more selectable events may be correlated withthe information.

Continuing with the example of the coffee shop, the analytics may seemto indicate that during a statistical average week, the number of voidsinvolving refunds seem to unusually out number the number of voidsinvolving items. In other words, the analytics seem to suggest that thenumber of voids involving refunds may be outside the statistical rangefor the coffee shop. In accordance with various embodiments, a userfriendly interface may be provided to facilitate visual analysis of theunusual transactions.

The user friendly interface may include one or more selectable events(i.e., the number of voids involving refunds). Because the number ofvoids involving refunds may be outside the statistical range, the one ormore selectable events may be flagged. As will be described in moredetail, the flagged one or more selectable events may facilitate visualanalysis of transactions utilizing analytics at least because theinformation associated with the voids may include video data. The userfriendly interface may provide transaction information along with videodata to provide a visual of the transaction. Various scenarios may beapparent from the information along with the video data. For example,the staff may have been pressing the wrong key or sets of keys, perhapsa nefarious activity may be taking place, perhaps more than the staffmay be involved, etc.

As will be described in more detail, in various embodiments, a videosnapshot of one or more selectable events for a time frame associatedwith at least one of the number of transactions may be identified.Continuing with the example of the coffee shop, the video snapshot maybe identified corresponding to the voided transactions including detailsof the transactions such as, but not limited to, staff member nameand/or identification (e.g., employee name and/or employee number), timeof the transaction, details and/or nature of the transaction, locationof the transaction, device used in the transaction, etc.). In order toprovide improved details and/or alternate details of the transactions,one or more video devices may be coordinated to provide information, inaccordance with various embodiments. The video snapshot of the one ormore selectable events may be correlated with the one or more selectableevents generated based at least in part on the performed analytics. As aresult, visual analysis of transactions utilizing analytics may befacilitated.

Before moving on the detailed description of the various embodiments,some examples of method and apparatus for video surveillance may beshown in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/957,021, published asApplication Publication No. US 2005/0177859 claims priority toprovisional application 60/543,298, both of which are expresslyincorporated by reference.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example system for visual analysis oftransactions, in accordance with various embodiments. Shown in FIG. 1, asystem 100 may comprise of first transaction location 102 and a secondtransaction location 104. Additionally, the system 100 may include atransaction analytics/analysis module 106 (TAAM) and a client device108. The TAAM 106 may include a storage 110. As shown, the firsttransaction location 102, the second transaction location 104, the TAAM106, and client device 108 may all be communicatively coupled to anetwork 112. Accordingly, the first transaction location 102, the secondtransaction location 104, the TAAM 106, and client device 108 may all becommunicatively coupled with each other via the network 112.

The first transaction location 102 and the second transaction location104 may be shown and referred to as various forms of transactioninformation gathering device such as, but not limited to, registers,kiosks, computing devices (e.g., desktop computing devices, handheldcomputing devices, tablets, smart phones, wearable smart devicesincluding glasses, clothing, and the like), various video devicesincluding digital or analog based video devices, etc., and anycombination thereof. In order to describe the disclosed subject matter,the first transaction location 102 may be referred to as a first videodevice 102 and the second transaction location 104 may be referred to asa second video device 104. As will be described, the first video device102 and the second video device 104 may be located in any location. Forexample, the first video device 102 may be located in one part of anestablishment, while the second video device 104 may be located in asecond part of the establishment. In another example, the first videodevice 102 may be located in a first city, while the second video device104 may be located in a second city. Accordingly, the first video device102 and the second video device 104 may be located in any location.Additionally, the first and second video devices 102 & 104 may be a widevariety of video devices such as, but not limited to, analog type videocameras, video devices utilizing charge-coupled devices (CCD), videodevices utilizing complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS), etc.,and any combination thereof.

The TAAM 106 may be a wide variety computer program products, which maybe included in a wide variety of computing devices such as, but notlimited to desktop computing devices, server type computing deviceshandheld computing devices, tablets, smart phones, wearable smartdevices, etc., and any combination thereof. In FIG. 1, storage 110 mayhelp facilitate storage of transaction information from the first and/orsecond video devices 102 & 104. Additionally, storage 110 may includemachine readable instructions. As shown in FIG. 1, TAAM 106 may includestorage 110. However, it should be appreciated that TAAM 106 and storage110 may be communicatively coupled in a wide variety of manners such as,but not limited to, being located in separate locations communicativelycoupled via the network 112 in a ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) type ofsystem, cloud computing type system, wide area local area network(WLAN), local area network (LAN), etc., and any combination thereof.Additionally, storage 112 may be a wide variety of storage such as, butnot limited to, mechanical, optical, electrical, etc., and anycombination thereof including some further examples described herein.

Client device 108 may be a wide variety of client type devices such as,but not limited to, registers, kiosks, computing devices (e.g., desktopcomputing devices, handheld computing devices, tables, smart phones,wearable smart devices including glasses, clothing, and the like), etc.,and any combination thereof. In FIG. 1, the TAAM 106 and client device108 may be shown as communicatively coupled via the network 112.However, it should be appreciated that the TAAM and client device 108may be communicatively coupled in a wide variety of manners such as, butnot limited to, communicatively coupled as a single computing device, asa ubicomp system, a cloud system, etc., and any combination thereof.

As may be appreciated, the network 112 may be a wide variety of networkssuch as, but not limited to, wireless network, wired network, ubicompnetwork, cloud network, WLAN, LAN, world wide web, Internet, etc., andany combination thereof. The network 112 may help facilitatecommunication between all sorts of communication capable devices, wherethe communication may be in any form such as, but not limited to,electrical, optical, digital, analog, neural, organic, etc., and anycombination thereof.

Again referring to the non-limiting example of an establishment where atransaction may occur and may be recorded in real-time (e.g., livestream) of a coffee shop, the TAAM 106 may receive informationassociated with a number of transactions such as, but not limited to,voided transactions from the video device 102 and/or video device 104via the network 112. The TAAM 106 may perform analytics on the voidedtransactions. Based at least in part on the performed analytics, theTAAM 106 may generate one or more selectable events. The selectableevents may be correlated with the voided transactions. Additionally, aspart of performing the analytics, the TAAM 106 may determine if theperformed analytics is substantially outside a predetermined range.Further, if the TAAM 106 determines that the performed analytics issubstantially outside the predetermined range, the one or moreselectable events may be flagged, in accordance with variousembodiments. As an example, for a statistical average week, the numberof voids involving refunds should be within 20 percent of the number ofvoids involving items. However, if the TAAM 106 determines that thenumber of voids involving refunds is substantially outside 20 percent ofthe number of voids involving items, the transactions involving voidsmay be flagged. As will be described in further detail, the flaggedtransaction may be displayed in an interface to help facilitate visualanalysis of transactions utilizing analytics.

As previously alluded to, the transaction information including videodata may include transaction information simple as when a cash registeris opened and closed. However, the transaction information includingvideo data may include transaction information as sophisticated asmachine vision related information. In an example, the first and/or thesecond video devices 102 & 104, may include machine vision modules thatcan detect various actions within the field of view, similar to variousinteractive gaming consoles. The machine vision capable video device maybe able to analyze the actions of the images to determine the nature ofthe transaction. One example of analyzing the actions captured by amachine vision capable video device may be the capability of recognizingwhen the cash register till has been opened without having the cashregister send a separate signal. In accordance with various embodiments,analytics may be performed, and recognizing when a cash register isopened and closed may help control some nefarious activities, thereby atleast helping to reduce economic losses.

In another example, the first and/or the second video devices 102 & 104may be capable of recognizing certain cards being dealt in a settingsuch as a gambling establishment, where card games of chance may beplayed (e.g., blackjack, baccarat, poker, etc.). In accordance withvarious embodiments, analytics may be performed on the transactioninformation, and the ability to recognize certain cards being dealt mayhelp determine the odds for the establishment, thereby at least helpingto ensure equitable odds for the establishment.

In yet another example, the first and/or the second video devices 102 &104 may have facial recognition related capabilities. For example, thetransaction information including video data may include facialrecognition of a person involved in a first transaction and recognizingthe same person in a subsequent transaction. Analytics may be performedon the transaction information, in accordance with various embodiments.The ability to recognize a person in transactions may facilitatedetermining the person's habits such as, but not limited to, purchasinghabits, thereby at least helping to facilitate targeted advertisingand/or marketing. Another application may be recognizing a person at agambling establishment to determine the person's various gamblinghabits, thereby helping the establishment provide a more personalexperience to the person.

In yet another example, the first and/or the second video devices 102 &104 may have coordination capabilities. For example, the TAAM 106 mayhave determined to flag a particular transaction or transactions asdescribed previously. If a second subsequent transaction is receivedfrom the first video device 102 and analyzed, and it turns out that thesecond subsequent transaction corresponds to the previously flaggedfirst transaction(s) (i.e., substantially similar transaction isdetected), the TAAM 106 may transmit a signal to the second video device104 to capture the second subsequent transaction. The first video device102 and the second video device 104 may be coordinated to providealternate views of the second subsequent transaction. As can beappreciated, the coordination between the first and second video devices102 & 104 may be facilitated if they are within the field of view ofeach other.

It is contemplated within the scope of the disclosed subject matter thatany combination or combinations of the previous examples of video devicecapabilities may be implemented. For example, one combination may bethat the first and/or second video devices 102 & 104 may include machinevision capabilities such as facial recognition along with coordinationcapabilities. Accordingly, expanding upon the previous example of theanalysis and detection of a flagged transaction, along with the analysisand/or detection of a previously flagged first transaction(s), the firstvideo device 102 may be coordinated with the second video device 104upon recognition of a person associated with the flagged firsttransaction even though the second subsequent transaction may not besubstantially similar to the first flagged transaction. As alluded to,since a person's interaction may be determined from performing analyticson information associated with transactions, a person's habits may alsobe flagged.

As previously described, information associated with a number oftransactions including video data may also include, among a wide rangeof data, at least data associated with location(s) of the first and/orsecond video devices 102 & 104. From the previous descriptions, itshould be appreciated that a wide range data may be included in theinformation such as, but not limited to, nature of the transactions,geographic location of the transactions, type of establishment (e.g.,merchant type/POS, financial institution, bank, casino, etc.), anddemographic data associated with the transactions. For example, the TAAM106 may aggregate the myriad of data based at least in part on one ofthe data associated with the nature of the transactions (e.g., voids,sales, blackjack deal, etc.), merchant type (e.g., coffee shop,department store, casino, tavern, bar, bank, office, etc.), ordemographic data (e.g., urban, suburban, rural region, predominantlyAsian region, a certain average income, including ethnic, gender,religious, race, sexual orientation, and age group, economic factor,etc.), and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited inthese respects. It should be appreciated that if the first video device102 is geographically remote from the second video device 104, the TAAM106 may synchronize the data (e.g., the first video device 102 may belocated in Las Vegas, Nev., U.S.A., while the second video device 104may be located in Macau, Special Administrative Region of the People'sRepublic of China). The TAAM 106 may perform an analytics on theaggregated data, thereby generating one or more selectable events. Theseselectable events may be correlated with the synchronized data helpingto facilitate visual analysis of transactions utilizing analyticswithout needing to take into account time differences where thetransactions occurred.

It should be pointed out that the use of the term “flag” is generic asan indicator of some kind such as, but not limited to a visualindication, an electronic indication, an analog indication (e.g.,sound), a digital indication, database structure indication, registerindication, etc., and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is notlimited in these respects.

FIG. 2 illustrates an interface having transactions along with dataassociated with the transaction as may be viewed and captured by a videodevice, in accordance with various embodiments. In FIG. 2, an exampleinterface 200 may be generated on a display (not shown) communicativelycoupled to a computing device. As shown, the interface 200 may include avideo portion 202, an establishment identifying portion 204, a date andtime portion 206, incremental time portion 208, a detailed transactionportion 210, and in this example, an employee identifying portion 212.In the example shown, the interface may be generated as a graphical userinterface having displaying video data along with transaction data. Itshould be appreciated that the interface 200 may be generated on anynumber of display types such as, but not limited to, smart phones typedisplays, tablet type displays, televisions type displays, displaysutilizing plasma type technology, displays utilizing liquid crystaldisplay (LCD) type technology, displays utilizing organic light-emittingdiode (OLED) type technology displays, displays utilizing cathode raytube (CRT) type technology, and so forth, or any combination thereof.

The methodologies employed to generate the interface 200 may include awide variety of implementations such as, but not limited to, Windowsbased operating system by Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash., Mac OS(including iOS) based operating system by Apple Inc., Cupertino, Calif.,Linux based operating system, Android based operating system by GoogleInc., Menlo Park, Calif., web based languages (e.g., HyperText MarkupLanguage (HTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML), and so forth), etc.,and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in theserespects.

In FIG. 2, as an example, the interface 200 may be implemented on theclient device 108 (shown in FIG. 1). Continuing with the non-limitingexample of the coffee shop, as shown in FIG. 2, the interface 200 mayprovide the name of the coffee shop 204, date and time 206 of the videodata 202, the coffee shop employee's name and identification 212, and alisting of all of the transactions occurring 210 in the video data 202(e.g., sign out: John Doe Br2?, CLOSE CHECK: 8009, TAX DUE:, and soforth. Additionally, the interface 200 may be a user interactiveinterface, where a user (not shown) may interact with the interface 200.For example, incremental time portion 208 may be utilized to play backvideo data associated with various time frames. The interface 200 mayalso illustrate at least some of the information received by the TAAM106 (shown in FIG. 1). However, it should be appreciated that theinterface 200 may be configured in any manner to gather informationassociated with transactions including video data, and accordingly, theclaimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example interface to facilitate interaction with avideo device, in accordance with various embodiments. In FIG. 3, aninterface 300 to facilitate interaction with a video device is shown.The interface 300 may facilitate interaction with the first video device102 and/or the second video device 104 (both shown in FIG. 1). Tofacilitate interaction with the first and/or second video devices 102 &104, the interface 300 may include a number of fields to provide variousinformation regarding the first and/or second video devices 102 & 104.As shown in this example, the fields may include but not limited tovideo device names 302, description 304, various location indicators ofthe video device 306 (e.g., Internet Protocol (IP) address, TransmissionControl Protocol (TCP) port, and camera port). Additionally, the userinterface 300 may include security related fields 308 such as, but notlimited to, “Username” and “Password”. Further, the interface 300 mayinclude a time synchronization field 310, which may, for example, showrelevant time zones. The interface 300 may also include various fieldsfor setting up a video device 310 such as, but not limited to, ADDDEVICE, SAVE ALL, and REFRESH LIST. It should be appreciated that theexample interface 300 shown in FIG. 3 may be configured in any manner tofacilitate interaction with video devices, and accordingly, the claimedsubject matter is not limited in these respects.

FIG. 4 illustrates example results of analytics performed on varioustransactions, in accordance with various embodiments. As shown in FIG.4, an analytics result interface 400 may be generated to facilitategraphical views of the results associated with the performed analytics.In the example shown in FIG. 4, the interface 400 may include a graph402 illustrating some of the results of the performed analytics. Thegraph 402 may include details of transactions 404 and date ranges.Additionally, the interface 400 may include various fields and/or areasto facilitate interaction with the interface such as, but not limitedto, various nature of the transactions being viewed (e.g., discountvoids, pos #, tips>$10, tips>%50 check, total due, void: line item,void: refund, etc.). Further, the interface 400 may provide a visualindication of the transaction, which may be determined to be outside apredetermined range, in accordance with various embodiments. Aspreviously described, in the example of the coffee shop, in theinterface 400, the graph 402 seems to indicate that the number of voidsinvolving refunds seem to unusually out number the number of voidsinvolving items as shown in the details of the nature of thetransactions 404 (i.e., the legend of the graph 402). In other words,the analytics seem to suggest that the number of voids involving refundsmay be outside the statistical range for the coffee shop. In accordancewith various embodiments, a user friendly interface may be provided tofacilitate visual analysis of the unusual transactions. It should beappreciated that the example interface 400 shown in FIG. 4 may beconfigured in any manner to facilitate graphical views of the resultsassociated with the performed analytics, and accordingly, the claimedsubject matter is not limited in these respects.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example interface to facilitate interaction withsome of the results of the analytics performed on the varioustransactions, in accordance with various embodiments. Shown in FIG. 5 isan example interface 500 laid out in a grid like manner. The interface500 may include various headings 502 across the top such as, but notlimited to, ASSOCIATIONS, DETAILS, BASIC DATA, TIME, TERMINAL NAME,TERMINAL, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYEE NAME. The interface 500 may include underthe headings 502, various line items 504, where the line items 504 maybe description of line items below each of the headings 502. Forexample, shown in FIG. 5, under each of the headings 502, the line items504 may include, but not limited to, a symbol of a video device, asymbol of a document, nature of the transaction (e.g., void, discount,etc.), date and time, where the transaction information may be receivedfrom (e.g., location of the video device), video device number, employeenumber, and employee name, respectively. As will be described, theinterface 500 may help facilitate visual analysis of transactionsutilizing analytics, in accordance with various embodiments.

FIG. 6 illustrates examples of data available from an example interfaceto facilitate interaction with some results of analytics performed onthe various transactions, in accordance with various embodiments. Shownin FIG. 6, the interface 500 (shown in FIG. 5) may include data such as,but not limited to, video data 602 and detailed transaction data 604.The video data 602 and the detailed transaction data 604 may bedisplayed in portions of display 606 similar to the interface 200 (shownin FIG. 2). In accordance with various embodiments, the interface 500may be interacted in a manner where detecting a selection of one of theevents (e.g., line items 504) may generate display 606 showing videodata 602 and the detailed transaction data 604. Additionally shown inFIG. 6 are video data from more than one video device 608 for theparticular transaction associated with the selected line item 504facilitating multiple views (e.g., alternative views) of thetransaction. As previously described, as a result of the analytics beingperformed on the transactions, the selectable events may be flagged(e.g., the number of voids involving refunds example).

FIG. 7 illustrates an operational flow for visual analysis oftransactions, arranged in accordance with at least some embodimentsdescribed herein. In some portions of the description, illustrativeimplementations of the method are described with reference to elementsof the system 100 depicted in FIG. 1. However, the described embodimentsare not limited to these depictions. More specifically, some elementsdepicted in FIG. 1 may be omitted from some implementations of themethods details herein. Furthermore, other elements not depicted in FIG.1 may be used to implement example methods detailed herein.

Additionally, FIG. 7 employs block diagrams to illustrate the examplemethods detailed therein. These block diagrams may set out variousfunctional block or actions that may be described as processing steps,functional operations, events and/or acts, etc., and may be performed byhardware, software, and/or firmware. Numerous alternatives to thefunctional blocks detailed may be practiced in various implementations.For example, intervening actions not shown in the figures and/oradditional actions not shown in the figures may be employed and/or someof the actions shown in one figure may be operated using techniquesdiscussed with respect to another figure. Additionally, in someexamples, the actions shown in these figures may be operated usingparallel processing techniques. The above described, and other notdescribed, rearrangements, substitutions, changes, modifications, etc.,may be made without departing from the scope of the claimed subjectmatter.

In some examples, operational flow 700 may be employed as part of avisual analysis of transactions. Beginning at block 702 (“Receive VideoData Associated with a First Transaction”), the TAAM 106 (shown inFIG. 1) may receive video data associated with a first transaction froma first video device 102, where the first video device 102 correspondingto a first location.

Continuing from block 702 to 704 (“Perform Video Analysis”), the TAAM106 may perform video analysis of the first transaction. Video analysismay include analytics as previously described.

Continuing from block 704 to 706 (“Determine if Outside Range?”), theTAAM 106 may determine if the video analysis results in the firsttransaction is substantially outside a predetermined range. Aspreviously described, a predetermined range may be any range, where anestablishment may set the predetermined range to help facilitateobservation of transactions of interest.

Continuing from block 706 to 708 (“Flag the First Transaction”), theTAAM 106 may flag the first transaction if it is determined that thefirst transaction is substantially outside the predetermined range. Theflagged transaction may be transactions that may indicate variousactivities as described.

Continuing from block 708 to 710 (“Receive Subsequent Video Data”), theTAAM 106 may receive subsequent video data associated with a secondtransaction from the first video device 104. The video data associatedwith the second transaction may be a wide variety of video data.

Continuing from block 710 to 712 (“Perform Video Analysis of the SecondTransaction”), the TAAM 106 may perform video analysis of the secondtransaction. The analysis may include a wide variety of analysis.

Continuing from block 712 to 714 (“Determine Second TransactionFlagged?”), the TAAM may determine if the second transaction correspondsto the flagged transaction. Briefly referring back to FIG. 1, the firstvideo device 102 may view/record video data relating to a subsequentsecond transaction.

Continuing from block 714 to 716 (“Transmitting Signal Second VideoDevice”), the TAAM 106 may transmit a signal to the second video device104 to capture the second transaction. The second video device maycorrespond to a second location and the first and second video devices102 & 104 may be coordinated to provide alternative views of the secondtransaction providing further details of the transaction. Examples ofalternative views may be illustrated as alternative view video data 608(shown in FIG. 6).

In general, the operational flow described with respect to FIG. 7 andelsewhere herein may be implemented as a computer program product,executable on any suitable computing system, or the like. For example, acomputer program product for facilitating visual analysis oftransactions utilizing analytics may be provided. Example computerprogram products are described with respect to FIG. 8 and elsewhereherein.

FIG. 8 illustrates an example computer program product 800, arranged inaccordance with at least some embodiments described herein. Computerprogram product 800 may include machine readable non-transitory mediumhaving stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause themachine to facilitate visual analysis of transactions utilizinganalytics according to the processes and methods discussed herein.Computer program product 800 may include a signal bearing medium 802.Signal bearing medium 802 may include one or more machine-readableinstructions 804, which, when executed by one or more processors, mayoperatively enable a computing device to provide the functionalitydescribed herein. In various examples, some or all of themachine-readable instructions may be used by the devices discussedherein.

In some examples, the machine readable instructions 804 may includereceiving video data associated with a first transaction from a firstvideo device, the first video device corresponding to a first location.In some examples, the machine readable instructions 804 may includeperforming video analysis of the first transaction. In some examples,the machine readable instructions 804 may include determining if thevideo analysis results in the first transaction is substantially outsidea predetermined range. In some examples, the machine readableinstructions 804 may include flagging the first transaction if it isdetermined that the first transaction is substantially outside thepredetermined range. In some examples, the machine readable instructions804 may include receiving subsequent video data associated with a secondtransaction from the first video device. In some examples, the machinereadable instructions 804 may include performing video analysis of thesecond transaction. In some examples, the machine readable instructions804 may include determining if the second transaction corresponds to theflagged first transaction. In some examples, the machine readableinstructions 804 may include transmitting a signal to a second videodevice to capture the second transaction, the second video devicecorresponding to a second location and the first and second videodevices coordinated to provide alternative views of the secondtransaction.

In some implementations, signal bearing medium 802 may encompass acomputer-readable medium 806, such as, but not limited to, a hard diskdrive, a Compact Disc (CD), a Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), a digitaltape, memory, etc. In some implementations, the signal bearing medium802 may encompass a recordable medium 808, such as, but not limited to,memory, read/write (R/W) CDs, R/W DVDs, etc. In some implementations,the signal bearing medium 802 may encompass a communications medium 810,such as, but not limited to, a digital and/or an analog communicationmedium (e.g., a fiber optic cable, a waveguide, a wired communicationlink, a wireless communication link, etc.). In some examples, the signalbearing medium 802 may encompass a machine readable non-transitorymedium.

In general, the methods described with respect to FIG. 7 and elsewhereherein may be implemented in any suitable computing system. Examplesystems may be described with respect to FIG. 9 and elsewhere herein. Ingeneral, the system may be configured to facilitate visual analysis oftransactions utilizing analytics.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an example computing device 900,such as might be embodied by a person skilled in the art, which isarranged in accordance with at least some embodiments of the presentdisclosure. In one example configuration 901, computing device 900 mayinclude one or more processors 910 and system memory 920. A memory bus930 may be used for communicating between the processor 910 and thesystem memory 920.

Depending on the desired configuration, processor 910 may be of any typeincluding but not limited to a microprocessor (μP), a microcontroller(μC), a digital signal processor (DSP), or any combination thereof.Processor 910 may include one or more levels of caching, such as a levelone cache 911 and a level two cache 912, a processor core 913, andregisters 914. The processor core 913 may include an arithmetic logicunit (ALU), a floating point unit (FPU), a digital signal processingcore (DSP Core), or any combination thereof. A memory controller 915 mayalso be used with the processor 910, or in some implementations thememory controller 915 may be an internal part of the processor 910.

Depending on the desired configuration, the system memory 920 may be ofany type including but not limited to volatile memory (such as RAM),non-volatile memory (such as ROM, flash memory, etc.) or any combinationthereof. System memory 920 may include an operating system 921, one ormore applications 922, and program data 924. Application 922 may includetransaction analysis algorithm 923 that is arranged to perform thefunctions as described herein including the functional blocks and/oractions described. Program Data 924 may include transaction information925 for use with transaction analysis algorithm 923. In some exampleembodiments, application 922 may be arranged to operate with programdata 924 on an operating system 921 such that implementations offacilitating visual analysis of transactions utilizing analytics may beprovided as described herein. For example, apparatus described in thepresent disclosure may comprise all or a portion of computing device 900and be capable of performing all or a portion of application 922 suchthat implementations of facilitating visual analysis of transactionsutilizing analytics may be provided as described herein. This describedbasic configuration is illustrated in FIG. 9 by those components withindashed line 901.

Computing device 900 may have additional features or functionality, andadditional interfaces to facilitate communications between the basicconfiguration 901 and any required devices and interfaces. For example,a bus/interface controller 940 may be used to facilitate communicationsbetween the basic configuration 901 and one or more data storage devices950 via a storage interface bus 941. The data storage devices 950 may beremovable storage devices 951, non-removable storage devices 952, or acombination thereof. Examples of removable storage and non-removablestorage devices include magnetic disk devices such as flexible diskdrives and hard-disk drives (HDD), optical disk drives such as compactdisk (CD) drives or digital versatile disk (DVD) drives, solid statedrives (SSD), and tape drives to name a few. Example computer storagemedia may include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removablemedia implemented in any method or technology for storage ofinformation, such as computer readable instructions, data structures,program modules, or other data.

System memory 920, removable storage 951 and non-removable storage 952are all examples of computer storage media. Computer storage mediaincludes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or othermemory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or otheroptical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic diskstorage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which maybe used to store the desired information and which may be accessed bycomputing device 900. Any such computer storage media may be part ofdevice 900.

Computing device 900 may also include an interface bus 942 forfacilitating communication from various interface devices (e.g., outputinterfaces, peripheral interfaces, and communication interfaces) to thebasic configuration 901 via the bus/interface controller 940. Exampleoutput interfaces 960 may include a graphics processing unit 961 and anaudio processing unit 962, which may be configured to communicate tovarious external devices such as a display or speakers via one or moreNV ports 963. Example peripheral interfaces 960 may include a serialinterface controller 971 or a parallel interface controller 972, whichmay be configured to communicate with external devices such as inputdevices (e.g., keyboard, mouse, pen, voice input device, touch inputdevice, etc.) or other peripheral devices (e.g., printer, scanner, etc.)via one or more I/O ports 973. An example communication interface 980includes a network controller 981, which may be arranged to facilitatecommunications with one or more other computing devices 990 over anetwork communication via one or more communication ports 982. Acommunication connection is one example of a communication media.Communication media may typically be embodied by computer readableinstructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in amodulated data signal, such as a carrier wave or other transportmechanism, and may include any information delivery media. A “modulateddata signal” may be a signal that has one or more of its characteristicsset or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal.By way of example, and not limitation, communication media may includewired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, andwireless media such as acoustic, radio frequency (RF), infrared (IR) andother wireless media. The term computer readable media as used hereinmay include both storage media and communication media.

Computing device 900 may be implemented as a portion of a small-formfactor portable (or mobile) electronic device such as a cell phone, apersonal data assistant (PDA), a personal media player device, awireless web-watch device, a personal headset device, an applicationspecific device, or a hybrid device that includes any of the abovefunctions. Computing device 900 may also be implemented as a personalcomputer including both laptop computer and non-laptop computerconfigurations. In addition, computing device 900 may be implemented aspart of a wireless base station or other wireless system or device.

Some portions of the foregoing detailed description are presented interms of algorithms or symbolic representations of operations on databits or binary digital signals stored within a computing system memory,such as a computer memory. These algorithmic descriptions orrepresentations are examples of techniques used by those of ordinaryskill in the data processing arts to convey the substance of their workto others skilled in the art. An algorithm is here, and generally, isconsidered to be a self-consistent sequence of operations or similarprocessing leading to a desired result. In this context, operations orprocessing involve physical manipulation of physical quantities.Typically, although not necessarily, such quantities may take the formof electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred,combined, compared or otherwise manipulated. It has proven convenient attimes, principally for reasons of common usage, to refer to such signalsas bits, data, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers,numerals or the like. It should be understood, however, that all ofthese and similar terms are to be associated with appropriate physicalquantities and are merely convenient labels. Unless specifically statedotherwise, as apparent from the following discussion, it is appreciatedthat throughout this specification discussions utilizing terms such as“processing,” “computing,” “calculating,” “determining” or the likerefer to actions or processes of a computing device, that manipulates ortransforms data represented as physical electronic or magneticquantities within memories, registers, or other information storagedevices, transmission devices, or display devices of the computingdevice.

Claimed subject matter is not limited in scope to the particularimplementations described herein. For example, some implementations maybe in hardware, such as employed to operate on a device or combinationof devices, for example, whereas other implementations may be insoftware and/or firmware. Likewise, although claimed subject matter isnot limited in scope in this respect, some implementations may includeone or more articles, such as a signal bearing medium, a storage mediumand/or storage media. This storage media, such as CD-ROMs, computerdisks, flash memory, or the like, for example, may have instructionsstored thereon, that, when executed by a computing device, such as acomputing system, computing platform, or other system, for example, mayresult in execution of a processor in accordance with claimed subjectmatter, such as one of the implementations previously described, forexample. As one possibility, a computing device may include one or moreprocessing units or processors, one or more input/output devices, suchas a display, a keyboard and/or a mouse, and one or more memories, suchas static random access memory, dynamic random access memory, flashmemory, and/or a hard drive.

There is little distinction left between hardware and softwareimplementations of aspects of systems; the use of hardware or softwareis generally (but not always, in that in certain contexts the choicebetween hardware and software can become significant) a design choicerepresenting cost vs. efficiency tradeoffs. There are various vehiclesby which processes and/or systems and/or other technologies describedherein can be effected (e.g., hardware, software, and/or firmware), andthat the preferred vehicle will vary with the context in which theprocesses and/or systems and/or other technologies are deployed. Forexample, if an implementer determines that speed and accuracy areparamount, the implementer may opt for a mainly hardware and/or firmwarevehicle; if flexibility is paramount, the implementer may opt for amainly software implementation; or, yet again alternatively, theimplementer may opt for some combination of hardware, software, and/orfirmware.

The foregoing detailed description has set forth various embodiments ofthe devices and/or processes via the use of block diagrams, flowcharts,and/or examples. Insofar as such block diagrams, flowcharts, and/orexamples contain one or more functions and/or operations, it will beunderstood by those within the art that each function and/or operationwithin such block diagrams, flowcharts, or examples can be implemented,individually and/or collectively, by a wide range of hardware, software,firmware, or virtually any combination thereof. In one embodiment,several portions of the subject matter described herein may beimplemented via Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), FieldProgrammable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), digital signal processors (DSPs), orother integrated formats. However, those skilled in the art willrecognize that some aspects of the embodiments disclosed herein, inwhole or in part, can be equivalently implemented in integratedcircuits, as one or more computer programs running on one or morecomputers (e.g., as one or more programs running on one or more computersystems), as one or more programs running on one or more processors(e.g., as one or more programs running on one or more microprocessors),as firmware, or as virtually any combination thereof, and that designingthe circuitry and/or writing the code for the software and or firmwarewould be well within the skill of one of skill in the art in light ofthis disclosure. In addition, those skilled in the art will appreciatethat the mechanisms of the subject matter described herein are capableof being distributed as a program product in a variety of forms, andthat an illustrative embodiment of the subject matter described hereinapplies regardless of the particular type of signal bearing medium usedto actually carry out the distribution. Examples of a signal bearingmedium include, but are not limited to, the following: a recordable typemedium such as a flexible disk, a hard disk drive (HDD), a Compact Disc(CD), a Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), a digital tape, a computer memory,etc.; and a transmission type medium such as a digital and/or an analogcommunication medium (e.g., a fiber optic cable, a waveguide, a wiredcommunications link, a wireless communication link, etc.).

Those skilled in the art will recognize that it is common within the artto describe devices and/or processes in the fashion set forth herein,and thereafter use engineering practices to integrate such describeddevices and/or processes into data processing systems. That is, at leasta portion of the devices and/or processes described herein can beintegrated into a data processing system via a reasonable amount ofexperimentation. Those having skill in the art will recognize that atypical data processing system generally includes one or more of asystem unit housing, a video display device, a memory such as volatileand non-volatile memory, processors such as microprocessors and digitalsignal processors, computational entities such as operating systems,drivers, graphical user interfaces, and applications programs, one ormore interaction devices, such as a touch pad or screen, and/or controlsystems including feedback loops and control motors (e.g., feedback forsensing position and/or velocity; control motors for moving and/oradjusting components and/or quantities). A typical data processingsystem may be implemented utilizing any suitable commercially availablecomponents, such as those typically found in datacomputing/communication and/or network computing/communication systems.

The herein described subject matter sometimes illustrates differentcomponents contained within, or connected with, different othercomponents. It is to be understood that such depicted architectures aremerely exemplary, and that in fact many other architectures can beimplemented which achieve the same functionality. In a conceptual sense,any arrangement of components to achieve the same functionality iseffectively “associated” such that the desired functionality isachieved. Hence, any two components herein combined to achieve aparticular functionality can be seen as “associated with” each othersuch that the desired functionality is achieved, irrespective ofarchitectures or intermedial components. Likewise, any two components soassociated can also be viewed as being “operably connected”, or“operably coupled”, to each other to achieve the desired functionality,and any two components capable of being so associated can also be viewedas being “operably couplable”, to each other to achieve the desiredfunctionality. Specific examples of operably couplable include but arenot limited to physically mateable and/or physically interactingcomponents and/or wirelessly interactable and/or wirelessly interactingcomponents and/or logically interacting and/or logically interactablecomponents.

With respect to the use of substantially any plural and/or singularterms herein, those having skill in the art can translate from theplural to the singular and/or from the singular to the plural as isappropriate to the context and/or application. The varioussingular/plural permutations may be expressly set forth herein for sakeof clarity.

It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, termsused herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of theappended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term“including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” theterm “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term“includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,”etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if aspecific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such anintent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence ofsuch recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid tounderstanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of theintroductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claimrecitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed toimply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinitearticles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing suchintroduced claim recitation to inventions containing only one suchrecitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases“one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or“an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be interpreted to mean “atleast one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use ofdefinite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, evenif a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitlyrecited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitationshould typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number(e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without othermodifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or morerecitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a conventionanalogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in generalsuch a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the artwould understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one ofA, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have Aalone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and Ctogether, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In those instances where aconvention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, ingeneral such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill inthe art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at leastone of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that haveA alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and Ctogether, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be furtherunderstood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive wordand/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in thedescription, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplatethe possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, orboth terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood toinclude the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”

Reference in the specification to “an implementation,” “oneimplementation,” “some implementations,” or “other implementations” maymean that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic describedin connection with one or more implementations may be included in atleast some implementations, but not necessarily in all implementations.The various appearances of “an implementation,” “one implementation,” or“some implementations” in the preceding description are not necessarilyall referring to the same implementations.

While certain exemplary techniques have been described and shown hereinusing various methods and systems, it should be understood by thoseskilled in the art that various other modifications may be made, andequivalents may be substituted, without departing from claimed subjectmatter. Additionally, many modifications may be made to adapt aparticular situation to the teachings of claimed subject matter withoutdeparting from the central concept described herein. Therefore, it isintended that claimed subject matter not be limited to the particularexamples disclosed, but that such claimed subject matter also mayinclude all implementations falling within the scope of the appendedclaims, and equivalents thereof.

What is claimed:
 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a handheldcomputing device, video data associated with a first transaction from afirst video device, the first video device corresponding to a firstlocation and having data associated with a nature of the firsttransaction; performing, by the handheld computing device, videoanalysis of the first transaction, the video analysis based, at least inpart, on the nature of the first transaction; determining, by thehandheld computing device, if the video analysis results in the firsttransaction is substantially outside a predetermined range based, atleast in part, on the nature of the first transaction; flagging, by thehandheld computing device, the first transaction if it is determinedthat the first transaction is substantially outside the predeterminedrange based, at least in part, on the nature of the first transaction;receiving, by the handheld computing device, subsequent video dataassociated with a second transaction from the first video device, thesecond transaction having data associated with a nature of the secondtransaction; performing, by the handheld computing device, videoanalysis of the second transaction, the video analysis based, at leastin part, on the nature of the second transaction; determining, by thehandheld computing device, if the second transaction corresponds to theflagged first transaction based, at least in part, on a comparison ofthe nature of the first transaction with the nature of the secondtransaction; transmitting, by the handheld computing device, a signal toa second video device to capture the second transaction if it isdetermined that the second transaction corresponds to the flagged firsttransaction, the second video device corresponding to a second locationremote from the first video device; coordinating, by the handheldcomputing device, the first video device with the second video device toreceive alternative views of the first transaction and the secondtransaction; and synchronizing, by the handheld computing device, thealternative views of the first transaction with the second transactionbased, at least in part, on the data associated with the nature of thefirst transaction and the data associated with the nature of the secondtransaction.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving video dataassociated with the first transaction information comprises receivingvideo data associated with a point of sale.
 3. The method of claim 1,wherein performing video analysis comprises machine vision analysis. 4.The method of claim 1, wherein determining if the video analysis resultsin the first transaction is substantially within a predetermined rangecomprises performing analytics on the received video data associatedwith the first transaction.
 5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:generating one or more selectable events based at least in part on theperformed analytics; and correlating the one or more selectable eventswith the received video data associated with the first transaction fromthe first video device.
 6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmittingthe signal to the second video device to capture the second transactioncomprises transmitting a signal to a second video device within apredetermined proximity to the first video device.
 7. The method ofclaim 1 further comprising: generating one or more selectable eventsbased at least in part on the transactions and video data from the firstand second video devices; and correlating the one or more selectableevents with the received video data associated with the firsttransaction from the first video device and the subsequent transactionfrom the second video device.
 8. A machine readable non-transitorymedium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by one ormore processors, operatively enable a transaction analytics/analysismodule to: receive, by a handheld computing device, video dataassociated with a first transaction from a first video device, the firstvideo device corresponding to a first location and having dataassociated with a nature of the first transaction; perform, by thehandheld computing device, video analysis of the first transaction, thevideo analysis based, at least in part, on the nature of the firsttransaction; determine, by the handheld computing device, if the videoanalysis results in the first transaction is substantially outside apredetermined range based, at least in part, on the nature of the firsttransaction; flag, by the handheld computing device, the firsttransaction if it is determined that the first transaction issubstantially outside the predetermined range based, at least in part,on the nature of the first transaction; receive, by the handheldcomputing device, subsequent video data associated with a secondtransaction from the first video device, the second transaction havingdata associated with a nature of the second transaction; perform, by thehandheld computing device, video analysis of the second transaction, thevideo analysis based, at least in part, on the nature of the secondtransaction; determine, by the handheld computing device, if the secondtransaction corresponds to the flagged first transaction based, at leastin part, on a comparison of the nature of the first transaction with thenature of the second transaction; transmit, by the handheld computingdevice, a signal to a second video device to capture the secondtransaction if it is determined that the second transaction correspondsto the flagged first transaction, the second video device correspondingto a second location remote from the first video device; coordinate, bythe handheld computing device, the first video device with the secondvideo device to receive alternative views of the first transaction andthe second transaction; and synchronize, by the handheld computingdevice, the alternative views of the first transaction with the secondtransaction based, at least in part, on the data associated with thenature of the first transaction and the data associated with the natureof the second transaction.
 9. The machine readable non-transitory mediumof claim 8, wherein the stored instruction that, when executed by one ormore processors, further operatively enable transactionanalytics/analysis module to receive video data associated with a pointof sale.
 10. The machine readable non-transitory medium of claim 8,wherein the stored instruction that, when executed by one or moreprocessors, further operatively enable transaction analytics/analysismodule to perform analysis using machine vision.
 11. The machinereadable non-transitory medium of claim 8, wherein the storedinstruction that, when executed by one or more processors, furtheroperatively enable transaction analytics/analysis module to performanalytics on the received video data associated with the firsttransaction.
 12. The machine readable non-transitory medium of claim 11,wherein the stored instruction that, when executed by one or moreprocessors, further operatively enable transaction analytics/analysismodule to: generate one or more selectable events based at least in parton the performed analytics; and correlate the one or more selectableevents with the received video data associated with the firsttransaction from the first video device.
 13. The machine readablenon-transitory medium of claim 8, wherein the stored instruction that,when executed by one or more processors, further operatively enabletransaction analytics/analysis module to transmit a signal to a secondvideo device within a predetermined proximity to the first video device.14. The machine readable non-transitory medium of claim 8, wherein thestored instruction that, when executed by one or more processors,further operatively enable transaction analytics/analysis module to:generate one or more selectable events based at least in part on thetransactions and video data from the first and second video devices; andcorrelate the one or more selectable events with the received video dataassociated with the first transaction from the first video device andthe subsequent transaction from the second video device.
 15. A systemfor facilitating visual analysis of transactions utilizing analyticscomprising: a first video device; a second video device; a processorcommunicatively coupled to the first and second video devices; atransaction analytics/analysis module communicatively coupled to theprocessor, the transaction analytics/analysis module configured to:receive, by a handheld computing device, video data associated with afirst transaction from the first video device, the first video devicecorresponding to a first location and having data associated with anature of the first transaction; perform, by the handheld computingdevice, video analysis of the first transaction, the video analysisbased, at least in part, on the nature of the first transaction;determine, by the handheld computing device, if the video analysisresults in the first transaction is substantially outside apredetermined range based, at least in part, on the nature of the firsttransaction; flag, by the handheld computing device, the firsttransaction if it is determined that the first transaction issubstantially outside the predetermined range based, at least in part,on the nature of the first transaction; receive, by the handheldcomputing device, subsequent video data associated with a secondtransaction from the first video device, the second transaction havingdata associated with a nature of the second transaction; perform, by thehandheld computing device, video analysis of the second transaction, thevideo analysis based, at least in part, on the nature of the secondtransaction; determine, by the handheld computing device, if the secondtransaction corresponds to the flagged first transaction based, at leastin part, on a comparison of the nature of the first transaction with thenature of the second transaction; transmit, by the handheld computingdevice, a signal to the second video device to capture the secondtransaction if it is determined that the second transaction correspondsto the flagged first transaction, the second video device correspondingto a second location remote from the first video device; coordinate, bythe handheld computing device, the first video device with the secondvideo device to receive alternative views of the first transaction andthe second transaction; and synchronize, by the handheld computingdevice, the alternative views of the first transaction with the secondtransaction based, at least in part, on the data associated with thenature of the first transaction and the data associated with the natureof the second transaction.
 16. The system of claim 15, wherein thetransaction analytics/analysis module configured is further configuredto receive video data associated with a point of sale.
 17. The system ofclaim 15, wherein the transaction analytics/analysis module configuredis further configured to perform analysis using machine vision.
 18. Thesystem of claim 15, wherein the transaction analytics/analysis moduleconfigured is further configured to perform analytics on the receivedvideo data associated with the first transaction.
 19. The system ofclaim 18, wherein the transaction analytics/analysis module configuredis further configured to identify one or more videos includingtransaction detail data corresponding to: generate one or moreselectable events based at least in part on the performed analytics; andcorrelate the one or more selectable events with the received video dataassociated with the first transaction from the first video device. 20.The system of claim 15, wherein the transaction analytics/analysismodule configured is further configured to transmit a signal to a secondvideo device within a predetermined proximity to the first video device.21. The system of claim 15, wherein the transaction analytics/analysismodule configured is further configured to: generate one or moreselectable events based at least in part on the transactions and videodata from the first and second video devices; and correlate the one ormore selectable events with the received video data associated with thefirst transaction from the first video device and the subsequenttransaction from the second video device.